Great Canadian Ceilidhs

The Baddeck Gathering Ceilidh SOLD OUT on our opening night! Wee-hoo! Welcome, folks from around the globe! We had lots of Canadians, Americans (glad to see you all back!), and on top of that were folks from England, Switzerland and even Argentina. Imagine!

Great entertainment was provided by Melody and Derrick Cameron, a husband and wife team living in Mabou who have a number of cds to their credit as well as being continuously active in performing and educating about the Cape Breton music traditions and history.

Friday the 2nd, we welcomed the lively combo of Mike Hall and Jennifer Bowman to our well-worn ceilidh stage. Visitors from all across the USA and Canada, and beyond including London, England and Sweden were treated to Mike's driving tunes.

Kevin from Boston sat in on guitar for a couple traditional Cape Breton sets, and accompanied Mike while Jennifer danced a step solo, and while Mike and Jennifer played twin fiddles as a finale. Kevin has a background in classical, jazz and some bluegrass. He fit in wonderfully though for his first Cape Breton session! Great job, Kevin! Come back again! Keep plugging, keep listening, you're full of music. We enjoyed a bit of his solo jazz as well. Lovely stuff.

And we've only just begun...

See you at the ceilidh!